Isaiah 5:28

Whose khitzim (arrows) are sharp, 1 and all their bows bent, 1 the hoofs of their susim shall seem like flint, 1 and their wheels like a whirlwind: 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

In Context

27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; 1 none shall slumber nor sleep; 1 neither shall the ezor of their loins be loosed, 1 nor the thong of their sandals be broken; 1

29Their roaring shall be like a lion, 1 they shall roar like young lions; 1 yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the teref, 1 and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 7:12Elohim is a Shofet Tzaddik, 1 and El expresses wrath kol yom. 1

Psalms 120:4Sharp khitzim (arrows) of the gibbor, 1 with burning (charcoal) coals of the broom plant. 1

Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is as an open kever (grave), 1 they are all gibborim. 1

Ezekiel 21:9Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the tzaddik and the rasha, therefore shall My cherev go forth out of its sheath against kol basar from the Negev to the tzafon (north);

Nahum 2:3For Hashem is about to restore the eminence of Ya'akov, 1 like the eminence of Yisroel; 1 for plunderers have plundered them, 1 and made their vine branches as shachat. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30

Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →

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